very common in southwest, street plantings near shopping malls, office buildings etc.... plant and forget them till its time in the fall to remove the dead plants....
looks nice all summer... Thanks for sharing... usha di ===== ========= On Sep 21, 5:58 pm, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > beautiful Sirji. Esp the 2nd pic looks like a fountain of flowers > Regards > Bhagyashri > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > > Interesting!!! New for me > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> Nice... thanks for sharing. > >> Pankaj > > >> On Sep 21, 12:21 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > *Tulbaghia violacea* Harv., Bot. Mag. 64: t. 3555 1837. > > >> > Common names: Society garlic, Pink Agapanthus > > >> > Plant from S. Africa locally used for a number of ailments. Perennial > >> > tuberous herb with linear leaves up to 30 cm long, channelled at base; > >> > flowers in umbels of up to 20 flowers, bright lilac, about 2 cm long, > >> lobes > >> > lanceolate with darker midvein. fruit a capsule. > > >> > Commonly grown along roadsides in California. > > >> > -- > >> > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > >> > Retired Associate Professor > >> > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > >> > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > >> > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > >> > Tulbaghia violacea-California-1.jpg > >> > 290KViewDownload > > >> > Tulbaghia violacea-California-2.jpg > >> > 354KViewDownload > > > -- > > Regards > > > Dr Balkar Singh > > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > > Arya P G College, Panipat > > Haryana-132103 > > 09416262964
